An overview of marine non-indigenous species found in three contrasting biogeographic metropolitan French regions: Insights on distribution, origins and pathways of …

C Massé, F Viard, S Humbert, E Antajan, I Auby… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Biological invasions are one of the main global threats to biodiversity in terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems worldwide, requiring effective inventorying and …

Distribution, health and threats to Mediterranean macroalgal forests: defining the baselines for their conservation and restoration

J Verdura, L Rehues, L Mangialajo… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The worldwide decline of macroalgal forests is raising major concerns for the potentially
negative consequences on biodiversity and ecosystem functions, pushing for the definition …

Validated inventories of non-indigenous species (NIS) for the Mediterranean Sea as tools for regional policy and patterns of NIS spread

M Galanidi, M Aissi, M Ali, A Bakalem, M Bariche… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
This work presents refined, updated subregional and regional non-indigenous species (NIS)
inventories for the Mediterranean Sea, validated by national and taxonomic experts, with …

[HTML][HTML] Phenotypic response of a geographically expanding species, Scomber colias: clues in the fish otolith shape

A Jurado-Ruzafa, J Vasconcelos… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2024 - Elsevier
During the last decades, there has been a growing interest in the Atlantic chub mackerel,
Scomber colias, owing to its northward expansion across the East Atlantic Ocean. This trend …

Expected contraction in the distribution ranges of demersal fish of high economic value in the Mediterranean and European Seas

E Ben Lamine, A Schickele, E Goberville… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Fisheries and aquaculture are facing many challenges worldwide, especially adaptation to
climate change. Investigating future distributional changes of largely harvested species has …

Identifying priority areas for spatial management of mixed fisheries using ensemble of multi‐species distribution models

D Panzeri, T Russo, E Arneri, R Carlucci… - Fish and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial fisheries management is widely used to reduce overfishing, rebuild stocks, and
protect biodiversity. However, the effectiveness and optimization of spatial measures …

Climate change impacts on Mediterranean fisheries: A sensitivity and vulnerability analysis for main commercial species

S Farahmand, N Hilmi, M Cinar, A Safa, VWY Lam… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate-induced projected range shifts of exploited species would lead to a redistribution of
stocks. Evaluating the combined ecological and socio-economic consequences of projected …

Evaluating the long term effectiveness of a Mediterranean marine protected area to tackle the effects of invasive and range expanding herbivorous fish on rocky reefs

C Dimitriadis, C Marampouti, A Calò… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Here we provide evidence, along an 8-year period time-series based on multifaceted data
from a Mediterranean marine protected area (MPA), whether protection can tackle invasive …

Can biological traits serve as predictors for fishes' introductions, establishment, and interactions? The Mediterranean Sea as a case study

PK Karachle, A Oikonomou, M Pantazi, KI Stergiou… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The appearance of a species outside its native area due to human
activities (eg, canal openings, ship**, aquaculture) is described as a biological invasion …

Salinity, not only temperature, drives tropical fish invasions in the Mediterranean Sea, and surface-only variables explain it better

MD 'Amen, S Smeraldo, E Azzurro - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
The increasing success of invasive warm water species is often explained as a direct
consequence of a warming climate, but other environmental variables are seldomly taken …